Fimasartan in the Senior Subjects

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Severe hypertension patients with mean siSBP ≥ 180 mmHg or siDBP ≥ 110 mmHg (office BP) at the screening visit (Visit 1) and the baseline visit (Visit 2) (However, at screening, it is based on the blood pressures measured from both arms, and the patient is excluded if the result from any of the arms falls within the criteria.)
• •2. Patients with siSBP ≥ 20 mmHg and siDBP ≥ 10 mmHg in the difference between blood pressures in the selected arm at the screening visit (Visit 1)
• •3. Patients with a history of secondary hypertension and any history suspected of secondary hypertension (but not limited to the following: coarctation of the aorta, primary hyperaldosteronism, renal artery stenosis, Cushing's syndrome, pheochromocytoma, polycystic kidney disease, etc.)
• •4. Orthostatic hypotension with symptoms
• •5. Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (HbA1c \> 9.0% at the screening visit (Visit 1))
• •6. Patients with a history of malignant tumor, including leukemia and lymphoma, within the past 5 years (however, participation is allowed if it has not recurred for at least 5 years after a tumor surgery)
• •7. Patients with any chronic inflammatory disease requiring chronic anti-inflammatory treatment, consumption disease, autoimmune disease like rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus, etc., or connective tissue disease at present or in the past
• •8. Patients with a history of hypersensitivity reaction to any component of the investigational product and its similar compound Renin-angiotensin system inhibitors, ACE inhibitors, thiazide diuretics and sulfonamides, Yellow 5 (Sunset Yellow FCF), etc.
• •9. Patients with hyperlipidemia undergoing LDL (low density lipoprotein) apheresis (patients undergoing LDL hemapheresis using a dextran sulfate cellulose)